Everyday on facebook I see another rapper advertising their newest mix tape or their upcoming performance. I see young people I mentor aspiring to become the next big “rapper” in the industry. I even have family who chase after the dream of becoming a world famous music star”. In fact, many of these individuals have enourmous amount of musical talent and ability. But sadly, the dream of becoming a rapper, even for those who do actually succeed in making it, quickly turns into a nightmare. A quick look at the history of rap and Hip-Hop can clearly show us the evil of the industry and how chasing it only leads to death and destruction, physically or literally. Hip Hop started off as an expression of personality, a positive outlet for a community of people who were 15 years removed from the Jim Crow era. Their newfound freedom lead them to…

Recent information came out this week about the death of Princess Diana. Long suspected as a assasination by the Illuminati,(http://vigilantcitizen.com/vigilantreport/princess-dianas-death-and-memorial-the-occult-meaning/) new revlations have surfaced “offically” that the British miliitary were behind the deaths of Princess Diana and her fiance Dodi Fayed and their driver, all of whom died in the August 31, 1997, crash. If true it is not a surprise. Every since man asked God for a King, man-made government has been completely corrupt, whether democracy, socialism, communism or a monarchy. Letting men have absolute control is a recipe for diaster. Right now in my hometown of Boston as well as other cities nationwide, elections are shaping up and campaigns are in full swing. Many of these elections are happening in inner cities such as Boston, and with it, one of the mosre popular campaign platforms are anti-violence and discrimination. Candidates give speeches about how they have the answers…

J. Moss is one of the many contemporary gospel artists that also includes Tonex, Deitrick and Damita Haddon, Yolanda Adams, Virtue, Trinitee-5:7 and Mary Mary that uses glamour, glitz, celebrity, their looks etc. to increase their record sales. I suppose their equivalent on the Christian/CCM arena would be Stacie Orrico, Jaci Velasquez, Kathie Lee Gifford and Amy Grant. Make no mistake: this does include promoting sensuality and sexuality. Where secular music once revitalized itself by emulating gospel music, contemporary gospel and Christian artists now do their level best to imitate secular music. Now as modern R&B music has now degenerated to the point where it is only and constantly preoccupied with casual sex and provoking puerile emotions, emulating that means not only copying the dense syrupy musical style, but even inserting the heavy breathing, moaning and groaning, oohing and aaahing, purring, seductive singing and talking, and even the known sexual…

Like pretty much everybody else on the planet, I’ve wanted to eventually learn another language. It got to the point that I was on the verge of finding a way to pirate pricing out Rosetta Stone to try my hand at seriously doing some Spanish. (I picked Spanish because it shows up a lot in the clinic – I figure it’ll give me the edge later on in my medical career.) Fortunately, before I took the dive, I found out about Duolingo, which promised to provide language learning for free. I figured I’d give it a shot. Without trying to sound like too much of a shill, I’ll give you a rundown of my experiences and the pros and cons as I see them. First, for all of you skeptics wondering if they’re going to go for-pay when you’re in the middle of learning to conjugate the future sub-perfect-junctive…

I know in our busy hectic lives sometimes we do not take the time to stop and smell the roses or we overlook things that maybe we should be taking a second look at. Just recently I was thinking about how many times I visit Yogurtland in a month and how much money I spend. I always think I will take a look at their rewards program, but I never get around to doing so. I always think some other time when there is more time…Well, my friends, I don’t think there is ever more time. So…just this past week when I was in Yogurtland purchasing my weekly fix, I decided to inquire.

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After inquiring about the Yogurtland Rewards program and what I get as a consumer, it took me less than 3 minutes to download the application and show…

There is a proper ecumenism within the orthodox denominations and then there is the ecumenical movement which is not good. It is one of unifying the body of Christ with false churches. For instance Baptists, Presbyterians, and Methodists might get together to have a worship service including singing, praying, and communion. They could do this because they worship the same God and agree who God is by affirming all of the same Primary Articles of Faith. What it can’t be is orthodox denominations doing this with false churches that are apostate, or heretical and outside of orthodoxy. For instance if we had Methodists, Baptists, Roman Catholics, and Mormons getting together to have a worship service including singing, praying, and communion. This can not…

Music has been the lynch pin to worship since the beginning of time. Through the years the Black church has always been a place of refuge, support and direction has always been the faith.

The common thread of singing spiritual songs was shared by all, whether it was one of the five traditional Churches or one of the seven historic Black founded churches.

The churches and choir masters and leaders have always been charismatic, creative voices who set history aflame with new innovative thinking and challenging growth. Music has always been the key that held our communication system together.

During slavery, many slaves were stripped of their African belief systems and typically denied free religious practice, forced to become Christian. Slaves managed, however, to hang on to some practices by integrating them into Christian worship in secret meetings. These practices, including dance, shouts, African rhythms, and enthusiastic singing, remain a…